Resilient wheel.



O. H. ANDERSON.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 28. 1910.

Patented J an. 10, 1911.

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Be it known'tha-t I, Hememr: Annnsson, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Sparta, in the connty ef White and State of tein new-and useful E m toyements in Re isilient Wheels; and i do jerehy-deelsrelthe following to he a full; elea'sgia-nd jeXe'ctlde- 4 scription of the invent-ion, suoh as wilien' able others skilledin the art toiwhich iti'appertains tomake and (use. the same,- reference being had to the accompanyingtdrawings, and to the letters and fimn'es' of referenee mark d thereon',whi'ch rm apart of this specification. i 5

Thi invention relatcsto 'nevf'and useful improvements in resilient ortspring wheels,-

the object in View being to"produce a simple and eflicient deviceof this nature so {arranged that the vibration incident to the wheels rotating will be teken upg aitording a suitable substitutefor the pneumatic tire wheels commonly inuse.

More specificaliy'the invent-ion comprises.

a resilient wheel, the rim of which is provided with series of dove-tail openings adapted to receive .cosrcspondingly shaped ends of the resilient spokes end in the provision of stamping plates bent upon themselves, a 'porti of "each being. adapted to engage the rim and the edge oi the spoke; in such .a menne' 'as' to securely hold the partsrigidlyendfirmly.

The invention.- comprises various details of construct-ion and combinations and er-Y i be hereinafter 'fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claims.

u t s y invent on in the Figure l is a' side elevation of a portion ofthe wheel embodying my invention, part of the wheel hein cut away tohetterillustrate the detaile construction. an edge View of elwheel partially-in section. Fig. 3 is anenlargeddetail sectional "view of the spokes restoe'cti vel the rim, Fig. 4: is an en sectional view through the. tire,'rim and clamping plates, and-Fig. 5'is a-sectional view showing the clamping plates and rim disassembled.

5 Reference nowbeing had. to the details of the drawings by letter, A designetes a Tennessee, have invented cer- %i to receive the inner ends Gjiof the spoke 3, ivhigrh inner endsjitire of shapes adapted the ring A an of any suitable material, 'su "bent upon themselves in the *with the circumference of the rim to -seet for the tire E with the inner "face of" "said end 1) bearing against the side of tho contracted part of the rim and its inner end Fig, 2 isaccordance with, my invention, noted that a device is afi'orded whereby the the construction illustrated, vibration be taken up my the spokesand a substitute i huh nihich may be of one piece or of sec- 3 hens es znsyioe desired, and upon the cireunif-erence ofseid-hnb is it ring A pz;0-

vided vfith dovetail shaped grooves adapt} tesconiorm to the grooves inrw hichl they areseeterh J e Qlemping rings, designated by, letter B, aigeedepted'to he held by bolts A in clznnf izg relation a ainst the opposite edges 01? d also the edges of the resilient spokes G. Q i

The rim-ofthewheel-is designated by let gar ll; 'a Election otawiihis illustregsedin; 70 1g. an 13 PIOVIB wit .o'f' isposed shoulders H Saidrihififihfiocw tions where the outer endsof the s likes eonnnunicate is widened, as 'ShOwl1\Q early in Fi s. lend fyof the-ldrewings-and fees '15 of saidwidened gibrt ions is provided with s.

dose-tail groove. disposed "at an inclination and adapted to receive the outer flaring end (3' of the spoke G; Upon reference to Fig. 4 of the drewin ,it will he noted that the so oppositeedges o the outer (love-tail end of each spoke extends. beyond the contract-ed urt H of the rim and the oppositev edges of the spoke are flush with the inner wider por-v tion of the rim. s .85 Rim plates, designated by letter D, formed ell-as steel, are inanner shown in Figw40f the drawings 'one endjD'] of each piste being bent concevedxtoeoogierate Q0 orm a bearing against theshoulder upon the rimJB and the end of the s oke. The outer portien of each plate, which is bent against the inner 'ortion, is adapted to be, held inelamp' ingre etion against the face of the widened portion of the rim and the edge o'fthe s eke 10c and held in such relation by means of be ts F. showing the manner of connecting the ends By the provision of aresilient wheels-made to the hub and arged' detail-cross" it will he ends of the spokes may he securelyfastened 10c to the rim and afi'ording a secure means for receiving the cushion tireoj the wheels.

offered for a pneumatictire' What I claim to be new is and terminating in a shoulder, the outer 20 1. A resilient wheel comprising a hub, portions of said spokes having dove-tail conspokes fastened thereto, a rim having a series nections with the grooves of\ the rim and of, diagonally disposed dovetail grooves having their ends flush with said shoulders, formed in the inner periphery thereof, the clamping plates bent upon themselves, a' outer ends of the spokes having dove-tail portion. of the inner face of each clamping 25 .connection with said grooves, said rim havplate bearing against the face of the rim ing shoulders upon its opposite faces, clampand'edge of a spoke withthe inturned end ing plates bent upon themselves and having of theplate bearing a ainst the .end of theportions thereof engaging opposite edges of spoke and shoulder an its flat face against .the spokes and said shouldered ortions of the contractedportionofthe rim, portions 3Q the run, the portions of said p ates which ofthe plates which are bent upon themselves.

' are bent upon themselves being curved to forming'a groove for the reception of a tire. form a groove to receive a tire. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 7 grooves formed'in its inner periphery, the I. L. NAULLIN,

2.'A resilient wheel comprising a hub, signature inthe presence of two witnesses. spokes fastened thereto, a rim having trans; OLIVERHAMILTON ANDERSON. versely and diagonally disposed dOVG-tflll, Witnesses:

outer portion of the rim being contracted MARcH ANDERSON. 

